https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/05/28/most-propaganda-looks-nothing-like-this/ There are signs I look for to show me whether someone is not worth the time and energy it would take to interact with them, which allows me to use that time and energy more productively. Here they are in no particular order. Easiest ways to make me lose all interest in everything you have to say: 1. Support Trump and the Republicans 2. Support Democrats 3. Ignore Gaza 4. Talk about “antisemitism” like it’s a major problem that needs to be urgently prioritized 5. Blame the world’s problems on “the Jews” 6. Still buy into the “Hamas uses human shields” narrative in the year 2025 7. Regurgitate [[Empires]] propaganda about how [[Excessive|bad]] and evil China is 8. Babble about “Russian propaganda” as though it’s a major problem in the west compared to domestic western propaganda 9. Unquestioningly buy into the official narrative about whatever nation or group the empire happens to be targeting on a given day 10. Try to convince me that this time the [[Empires]] is telling us the truth about the Evil Dictator who needs to be regime changed 11. Parrot Pentagon propaganda about Iran 12. Demonstrate an unwillingness to counter-research against your own biases 13. Regurgitate lies about communism which even a tiny amount of research would quickly debunk 14. Act like [[Russia]]’s invasion of Ukraine was a completely unprovoked act of aggression to which NATO powers were an innocent passive witness 15. Focus primarily on sectarian infighting and [[Social Media]] drama instead of on fighting the [[Empires]] 16. Pour [[Energy]] into [[Culture]] war diversions 17. Shit on trans people 18. Demonstrate an inability to distinguish between smart conspiracy theories and dumb ones 19. Promote dumb conspiracy theories when the culprit is garden variety [[Capitalism]] 20. Have literally anything whatsoever to do with QAnon 21. Believe Trump is a Russian agent 22. Believe everything the TV told you to believe about North Korea 23. Support US military interventionism anywhere on earth 24. Support any of the obvious US regime change plots in Latin America 25. Automatically assume the mass [[Media]] are always telling the truth 26. Automatically assume the mass [[Media]] are always lying 27. Side with the powerful 28. Support and defend any billionaire for any reason 29. Support and defend [[Israel]] for any reason 30. Support and defend the western empire for any reason 31. Show signs that you have outsourced your responsibility for understanding the world to any pundit, political party or ideological [[Partisan|faction]] instead of finding out what’s true for yourself. `Concepts:` [[Politics]] `Knowledge Base:`